This incomparable Author having at length been prevailed upon to appear in public, has in this Treatise given a most notable instance of the extent of the powers of the Mind; and has at once shown what are the Principles of Natural Philosophy, and so far derived from them their consequences, that he seems to have exhausted his Argument, and left little to be done by those that shall succeed him.a
This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords. - Edmond Halley
This sight... is by far the noblest astronomy affords.
- Edmond Halley
This incomparable Author having at length been prevailed upon to appear in public, has in this Treatise given a most notable instance of the extent o… - Edmond Halley
This incomparable Author having at length been prevailed upon to appear in public, has in this Treatise given a most notable instance of the extent o…
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach. - Edmond Halley
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
In the year 1456 ... a Comet was seen passing Retrograde between the Earth and the sun... Hence I dare venture to foretell, that it will return again… - Edmond Halley
In the year 1456 ... a Comet was seen passing Retrograde between the Earth and the sun... Hence I dare venture to foretell, that it will return again…
Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimes… - Edmond Halley
Aristotle's opinion... that comets were nothing else than sublunary vapors or airy meteors... prevailed so far amongst the Greeks, that this sublimes…
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even… - Edmond Halley
Scarce any problem will appear more hard and difficult, than that of determining the distance of the Sun from the Earth very near the truth: but even…
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